CHARTER SCHOOLS

Charter Schools

Charter Schools

Thesis

There is a question that whether charter schools/vouchers is detrimental for the American Educational System or not. It is certainly clear that charter schools/vouchers is not detrimental for the American Education System. There are many reasons to support this argument. Charter schools are basically those independent public schools that have some flexibility in defining the curriculum of teachers and are exempted from some regulations in return for results determined by the education authorities. They have become an increasingly popular education option among Hispanic parents who looks for a public special education for their children. In this way, charter schools become very beneficial for them. As Hispanic community is one of the major communities in the USA, so it is important to take care of their needs. (Buckley, 2007)

According to the U.S. Charter Schools (organization of the Charter Schools USA), charter schools are characterized by being free of most regulations imposed on public schools. Also, relatively innovative pedagogical practices encourage the community and parents involved and make decisions, and are evaluated by the scores of their students. Unlike traditional schools, the majority represents a choice for families, allowing for the participation of parents, and has more room for creativity. They are less bureaucratic and more flexible to meet the needs of their students. Each child has different strengths, weaknesses and learning needs. Therefore, charter schools offer a wide range of programs, curriculum and methods of study. It gives the opportunity to the students to excel themselves in variety of topics which proves to be very beneficial for them. Instead of focusing on just one subject, it provides them the chance to do well in other programs, subjects as well. In most cases they focus on language, science, technology or sport in its educational program. They give lot of importance to these subjects because they feel children have got lot of scope in these fields. There has always been significant support for education vouchers in the US Legislature. It basically refers to the idea of giving the scholarship to the outstanding children who will not only boost their performance but parents would have benefits as well. Those families who are not financially strong and want their children to do well in their studies, the educational voucher will help them financially. This is the reason why US Government is even taking interest in assisting these schools financially in order to help the children studying in these schools. (Hassel, 2005)

It would not have any detrimental effects on the American Educational system because these schools would contribute in the overall Education standards of the country because the people from minority communities would be able to have a bright future because of the high level of education. Normally, in the normal public and private schools, these children who belongs to minority communities such as Hispanics and Black American, do not get much opportunity to study, hence charter schools provides them a much better option to start their ...